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How HN took it
6 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Idea: 6 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea for searching jobs by technology
From 3 comments
Nice! This is a really interesting way to approach a job search. I recall a few times in my career when I didn't like the technology choices being made at my current employer,…
nzoschke on HNThis is pretty cool! Feature request: Allow me to filter by technologies that a company doesn't use.
scribu on HNSwitching over is on our to-do list. Totally understand if you're not comfortable using it though. We'll have it behind HTTPS soon!
yonasb on HN
Objections
Search results include irrelevant companies, such as .NET matches for F#
From 1 comment
Searching for F# seems to return all .NET-using companies, even if they're explicitly listing only C# or only VB.NET in their page. Perhaps you could add a "search related tools"…
piaste on HN
Company stack counts are inflated by unapproved tools
From 1 comment
http://stackshare.io/nutanix/nutanix 148 technologies in their stack, practically guaranteed to match every search. This tool will need some moderation to be of any use to…
Zikes on HN
Location search returns wrong Berlin
From 1 comment
When I filter location to Berlin, it shows three different Berlins in the US - but after selecting the first the results appear to be in Germany (what I was looking for).
crummy on HN
Site lacks HTTPS, raising privacy concerns
From 1 comment
I definitely recommend using HTTPS on this site. I would rather not have all of my calls logged on a company server somewhere (especially if someone works at a company that cares…
rjbrock on HN
Requests
Filter out technologies a company does not use
From 2 comments
This is pretty cool! Feature request: Allow me to filter by technologies that a company doesn't use.
scribu on HNI second this, I'd love to put e.g. -Java in a search.
Zikes on HN
Sort by match percentage by default
From 1 comment
Searching for F# seems to return all .NET-using companies, even if they're explicitly listing only C# or only VB.NET in their page. Perhaps you could add a "search related tools"…
piaste on HN
Add remote, part-time and freelance filters
From 1 comment
Well done with room for improvement. Please add a remote/onsite switch. Other useful switches would be full time/part time and employee /freelancer. I'd go for remote, part time,…
pmontra on HN
Related-tools search option
From 1 comment
Searching for F# seems to return all .NET-using companies, even if they're explicitly listing only C# or only VB.NET in their page. Perhaps you could add a "search related tools"…
piaste on HN
Questions
Could job data show which technologies have the most developer interest?
From 1 comment
A neat followup might be to take the job-search data and then put together a list of which technologies have the highest developer interest. This could be quite useful for…
nostrademons on HN
Alternatives named
Stack Overflow Jobs
From 1 comment
Stack Overflow Jobs allows you to do this, in addition to specifying the technologies that you like to work with.
guywithabike on HN
whoishiringpp.com
From 1 comment
I made something similar recently that only works with HN's monthly who is hiring posts. Check it out: https://www.whoishiringpp.com
demircancelebi on HN